Comments on: iPlayer comes to Virgin Media http://www.edparsons.com/2008/04/iplayer-comes-to-virgin-media/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://www.edparsons.com/2008/04/iplayer-comes-to-virgin-media/#comment-1353 Ed Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:32:41 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=675#comment-1353 Hi Chris, Thanks for your insight.. I understood that virgin also had constraints on their internal network also which was restricting HD content for example ? Hi Chris,

Thanks for your insight.. I understood that virgin also had constraints on their internal network also which was restricting HD content for example ?

]]> By: Chris Fleming http://www.edparsons.com/2008/04/iplayer-comes-to-virgin-media/#comment-1354 Chris Fleming Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:14:33 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=675#comment-1354 I think that this system is actually using Virgin's existing VOD (Video on Demand) infrastructure. This means that Virgin users using the BBC iPlayer via a set top box won't use internet bandwidth (interconnect bandwidth between Virgin and it's peers) only internal bandwidth on the virgin network which is better for virgin. I suspect they can probably also stage popular content close to users. Theres a little technical details at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/04/bbc_iplayer_on_virgin_media.html I think that this system is actually using Virgin’s existing VOD (Video on Demand) infrastructure.

This means that Virgin users using the BBC iPlayer via a set top box won’t use internet bandwidth (interconnect bandwidth between Virgin and it’s peers) only internal bandwidth on the virgin network which is better for virgin. I suspect they can probably also stage popular content close to users.

Theres a little technical details at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/04/bbc_iplayer_on_virgin_media.html

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